Prickly Starwort - native (Stellaria pungens)

Family: Caryophyllaceae (Chickweed & Carnation family).

Native of Eastern Australia.

Occurrence: Widespread in higher rainfall areas. It often scrambles over rocky outcrops.

Identification:

• the small leaves are narrow and prickly
• the plant is a semi-scrambler
• the flowers have a superficial resemblance to daisy flowers
• there are five white petals that are deeply divided, so that the flower appears to be 10-petalled.

Photos 1: Prickly Starwort. Baynton, close to the Cobaw Forest.
2: Prickly Starwort. Howman’s Gap. Prickly Starwort has a wide geographical range.
3. Mt Alexander.